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Final preparations for Vancouver 2010

1.1.2010

The final preparations for the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver will be finished in some weeks and the Olympic World Cup season will begin in Sweden.

After the first World Cup station in Östersund the athletes will travel to Hochfilzen (AUT), Pokljuka (SLO), Oberhof (GER), Ruhpolding (GER), Antholz (ITA) and to the Olympic Games in Vancouver (CAN). One of the last preparations are done in the Lapua Service Center in Schönebeck.

The World Cup Teams from Germany, Norway, Russia, Poland, Slowakia, China, Belarus, Austria, Hungary, USA, Kazakhstan or Czech republic come for the ammunition test of the best winter ammunition, which is manufactured and tested under nordic conditions, the Lapua Polar Biathlon.

Photo: Klaus Siebert, Coach of the Biathlon Team Belarus, together with the Center X winner from the German Championships Hilmar Bohne and his wife.

Lapua, or more officially Nammo Lapua Oy and Nammo Schönebeck, is part of the large Nordic Nammo Group. Our main products are small caliber cartridges and components for civilian and professional use. The Lapua cartridge factory was established in 1923 and since then, Lapua has grown into one of the most respected brands in the industry. The best shooters in the world choose Lapua cartridges.